Christmas is Coming

With the Christmas season approaching steadily I am happy to report have have almost finished my Christmas shopping. I have brought gifts for my husband, oldest daughter, son, brother, sisters, and nephews. I only have to buy a few more gifts for my youngest daughter and I am done. It is really making me feel good that I have done this already. Usually, I am the one shopping on Christmas Eve. I am also feeling better about myself. I feel like i have more energy.

new me/ new house

So about a month ago we brought a new house. This has been a great thing for the new me. I have so much more room and everything, well almost everything, has a place. I wake up every morning and make my bed, big change for me because before I would just stay in it all day.Cleaning the house is so much easier since we got rid of EVERYTHING. I really do mean everything we came into the new house with some clothes, a few toys, tvs, computers, the kitchen table, our camping stuff, scrapbooking stuff and some craft stuff. I brought new furniture including my master bedroom w/new mattress, kids bedroom suites w/new mattress, new living room couch. I still need to buy 3 bar stools, a coffee table/ottoman, and a sofa table for the foyer.
I have not been trying to diet at all and lately I have been drinking way too much soda.
I read a great book the other night that has really got me thinking. The book is The Next Thing on My List. The book has me thinking about starting my own "bucket list". I wonder what things I really what to do.......... well maybe I'll save that for another days post.

Reading

Reading has become part of my daily routine. The new me loves reading. Here is a list of the books i have read in the past 6 weeks:
MommyWood Tori Spelling
Holly's Inbox Holly Denham
My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult
Are you there, Vodka? It's me Chelsea Chelsea Handler

Wednesday...........

Today was a very busy day for me. This morning I had mom's club calendar planning (which lasted 2 hours with moms talking lol). I came home and the kids took a nap. After nap we met up with a friend for dinner and to head to the mall. I rewarded myself for starting to cleaning the house with a book (also part of the new me, I don't usually read). The book is MommyWood by Tori Spelling, it seems like an easy read.

The weight improvement that I have done is:

• I gave away all the soda I had in the house (2 24 packs of Coca Cola and 1 24 pack of sprite)
  ----no soda, no choice...............so I have been drinking water.
• I walked the mall----does that count lol.
  

So now I'm off to make my bed, finish cleaning my room, take a shower and read the book.

Wow, we have too much stuff!!!!!

Last night after blogging i decided to go through my youngest daughter's clothes. I had so much stuff that either did not fit her any longer or clothes that I would never put her in. I had cleaned out 2 garbage bags full of clothes and that was just for my almost 2 year old. I really need to do the other two kid's drawers.

Today I cleaned the kitchen with the exception of the top of the cabinets and refrig, maybe that is what I will do tomorrow.

The chore charts are working wonderfully. I have never seen the kids so excited about cleaning. I took the charts and put them on the their bedroom door. After each kid completes a chore they run to the door so I can check it off. It actually makes me feel really good that they are so excited and that I see the joy in their face that they accomplished something. Why did I not think of this sooner? Hopefully their excitement will last. As a reward for them working so hard today I am taking them to the movies in the morning. I have stuff to do, have the car inspected and tires rotated in the area of the movie theater.

I have not made any improvements on my weight yet.

I am super excited about our upcoming family vacation to Disney World. We have 12 days till we leave. This will be the first time my husband and the kids have ever been to Disney.

Realizing.......................

Today I realized two things that I need to change in my life, my weight and my house. My weight is crazy, I am the heaviest I have ever been. I need to work on keeping the house more organized.

To help me successfully change these two things I have come up with a plan.

1. Made and printed a chore list for each of my family members.
2. Made a monthly food menu, this will help me cut down on eating out.
3. Made this blog to keep me accountable.

I am starting small and will add things gradually to this blog to show the changes that I NEED to happen in my life. I will post daily and add my stats and pic so everyone can view the changes. Everyone please help me through this.